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Fans Ask Baseball Hall of Fame to Honor First Gay Player

Friday, June 29, 2012 - 9:52am by Alexandra Bolles, National News Media Intern

An online petition is asking the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to honor Glenn Burke, the first openly gay Major League Baseball player, despite a previous refusal to do so. Around 22,000 signatures on the petition, as well as the (at least) eleven teams that have made It Gets Better videos, and the three MLB players and their families who posed for the NOH8 campaign in the spring, indicate that baseball fans and players support LGBT inclusivity within the sport.

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Cyndi Lauper Fights Homelessness, Empowers Youth with Forty to None Project

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 3:00pm by Alexandra Bolles, National News Media Intern

The Forty to None Project, the first national organization to focus solely on youth homelessness and its impact on youth who are LGBT, was launched on Tuesday by the True Colors Fund, according to its Executive Director and co-founder Gregory Lewis.

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Vigils Held Around the Country for Young Couple Kristene and Mollie After Shooting

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 2:32pm by Alexandra Bolles, National News Media Intern

Police say Texas teenagers Mary Kristene Chapa and Mollie Judith Olgin, who were in a relationship, were shot execution style with a large-caliber gun in a park on Friday night and were found approximately nine hours later.

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Transgender Teen Launches School-Change Campaign

Monday, June 25, 2012 - 12:25pm by Alexandra Bolles, National News Media Intern

Asher Doyle, a 14-year-old who is transgender, has launched a viral campaign to raise tuition money in order to attend a Quaker boarding school with an inclusive environment. His story was recently covered by The Advocate.

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GLAAD and thousands of New Yorkers gather to mourn victim of anti-gay hate violence

More than 1,500 New Yorkers gathered today in Manhattan to mourn the death of a 32 year-old gay man, who was shot down on Friday just blocks away from the historic Stonewall Inn in an apparent act of anti-gay bias.

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